[Foundation-l] Logo Contests

[David Gerard]

On 12/09/06, Erik Moeller <eloquence at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/12/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_logos_%28overview%29
> > is a good example of why graphic designers are paid money.

> To be fair, one should look at the finalists in that contest:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_logo_vote/Finalists
> Of course, the logo that actually won was the, um, raw version of the
> puzzle sphere idea, which has made me somewhat wary of community logo
> contests. Nohat saved the day by providing us with a beautiful
> implementation of that concept in the last minute.


Oh, that's fine, that's "cleanup." ;-)

The logo contest actually did quite well for us there - the first,
second and third place logos now being the logos for Wikipedia,
Wikimedia and Mediawiki. But the raw materials submitted ... *shudder*


- d.